Dams in lower Northeast in good shape

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Dams in lower Northeast in good shape

By Prasit Tangprasert 
The Nation

 

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All 77 reservoirs in the lower Northeast are stable and able to accommodate much more water, an Irrigation Department official has said, dispelling fears of dams collapsing.
 

Wiwat Thitirat-asawa, director of the Regional Irrigation Office 8 water management division, offered the assurance on Tuesday about Surin, Si Sa Ket, Buri Ram with its Lam Nang Rong Dam and Nakhon Ratchasima, which has five large dams – Lam Takhlong, Mun Bon, Lam Sae, Lam Phra Phloeng and Lam Plai Mat.

 

Wiwat said the six large dams held a combined 600 million cubic metres of water and were overall at 53 per cent capacity, so there was ample room for more.

 

He said his office was carefully managing the water levels to ensure a sufficient supply for the dry season.

 

The 70 medium-sized reservoirs in the region were under 80 per cent capacity, Wiwat said.

 

The Lam Chiang Krai Reservoir reached 101 per cent capacity last week.

 

Officials conducted surveys downstream from Lam Chiang Krai, arranged for impeding dikes to be demolished and released water at 600 cubic metres per second to bring the reservoir down to 88 per cent capacity. No farmland was affected, he said.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30351629

 

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[taichiplanet]

that's because in the NE they have had one of the driest rainy seasons for many years. A lot of rice plants around areas of Surin, Buriram and Korat are being cut and fed to livestock; which is sad.

[khwaibah]

1 hour ago, taichiplanet said:

that's because in the NE they have had one of the driest rainy seasons for many years. A lot of rice plants around areas of Surin, Buriram and Korat are being cut and fed to livestock; which is sad.

200% correct  were are NOT getting the rains and have not. A lot of rice has died in my area. Weather reports and media hip has been BS for us.

[Esso49]

4 hours ago, khwaibah said:

200% correct  were are NOT getting the rains and have not. A lot of rice has died in my area. Weather reports and media hip has been BS for us.

Don't be so negative. One of the statements made was "He said his office was carefully managing the water levels to ensure a sufficient supply for the dry season"    .  That being the case,  if it turns out to be true,  then it would be the first time in Thailand's history that indeed the water levels have been managed adequately and we will all have lots of water during the dry season.  Commendable indeed would you not agree ?   Now I am sure I just saw a pink elephant fly past my window.

[Aussieroaming]

That is a massive water flow to be released at 600 m3/second, more than 2 million tonnes of water per hour.

[kamahele]

14 hours ago, Esso49 said:

Don't be so negative. One of the statements made was "He said his office was carefully managing the water levels to ensure a sufficient supply for the dry season"    .  That being the case,  if it turns out to be true,  then it would be the first time in Thailand's history that indeed the water levels have been managed adequately and we will all have lots of water during the dry season.  Commendable indeed would you not agree ?   Now I am sure I just saw a pink elephant fly past my window.

I don't think he's being negative, he's being truthful. The area around Korat has been very dry and it is a worry for farmers who must consider plowing under their fields due to lack of water. While water has been released for irrigation, not all farmers are lucky enough to have their fields close enough to the irrigation canals to benefit. Being a farmer is a hard way to make a living.

[thaiguzzi]

21 hours ago, taichiplanet said:

that's because in the NE they have had one of the driest rainy seasons for many years. A lot of rice plants around areas of Surin, Buriram and Korat are being cut and fed to livestock; which is sad.

 

20 hours ago, khwaibah said:

200% correct  were are NOT getting the rains and have not. A lot of rice has died in my area. Weather reports and media hip has been BS for us.

You're both in the lower NE.

I'm in the upper NE near the 'Kong and the border with Laos.

It is one of the WETTEST rainy seasons in a looong time up here.

In fact, we've just had a break in the weather, about 3-4 days of no rain - managing to get stuff done outside again in the garden and on the farm. Prior to that - late April to recent it has been incessant.

[Esso49]

2 hours ago, kamahele said:

I don't think he's being negative, he's being truthful. The area around Korat has been very dry and it is a worry for farmers who must consider plowing under their fields due to lack of water. While water has been released for irrigation, not all farmers are lucky enough to have their fields close enough to the irrigation canals to benefit. Being a farmer is a hard way to make a living.

It was said tongue in cheek.   Read it again - can't you see the sarcasm . FYI I live near Nong Khai and our fish ponds are no where near as full has other years at the same time,  so as is always the case,   the weather patterns and precipitation have so far been very patchy

[rickudon]

Certainly just north of Udon Thani our fish ponds have been overflowing for over a month (2 months earlier than normal). The last 2 weeks have been comparatively dry - only rained 50% of the time!